Performance

1993 NR 2h 7

The play uses the metaphor of the dying music hall tradition, specifically fictional music hall star Archie Rice, to comment on the moribund state of the British Empire in the 1950s.

Performance background

Main Cast

Michael Gambon Archie Rice

Helen McCrory Jean Rice

Bill Owen Billy Rice

David Ryall Bill

Billie Whitelaw Phoebe Rice

Nicholas Hewetson

Nicholas Hewetson Graham Dodd

Creators

Nicholas Renton

Nicholas Renton Director

Info about Performance

Studio(s): British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Originally Released: United States on Dec 04, 1993

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Genres: Drama